Example sentences of "[pron] back to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , jealousy is futile , but so often we can not rid ourselves of its components and reason ourselves back to a state of equilibrium . |
| 2 | Taking ourselves back to our basic physical components , we can say that we are built up from multitudes of particles held together by electrical bonds of varying strengths or intensities . |
| 3 | ‘ For Gawd 's sake , let's get ourselves back to Whitechapel where we belong , ’ said Sal . |
| 4 | Do you know why I back to Norman ? |
| 5 | Took 'er back to 'er childhood , it did . |
| 6 | You can begin to bring someone back to the present if you can gradually get them to remember events in their life nearer to the present day . |
| 7 | Unless we send someone back to his country of origin , it is almost impossible to test the authenticity of the statements that he makes . |
| 8 | And there was a guy with one arm , and saying , you know , Come ye back to Ireland . |
| 9 | Hauling himself back to bed he lay awake for some time , before falling asleep . |
| 10 | Ages seemed to pass although it was only moments , until a pollen-laden grass flower tickled his nose and he sneezed himself back to life again . |
| 11 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |
| 12 | He got himself back to his flat and he turned the lights on in every room . |
| 13 | Staggering to her feet she looked back towards the wounded man ; he had slumped to the floor , and was trying to push himself back to a kneeling position . |
| 14 | His foot slipped and he grasped at a piece of jutting tile and dragged himself back to safety . |
| 15 | He quickly brought himself back to earth before she gave him another dizzy spell . |
| 16 | The same Wordsworth , much-mocked , thought himself back to an innocent vision , told us that grass is green and water wet because he had reached beyond familiarity to some primal wonder that these things were so and not otherwise , to some mythic sense that he was giving or finding the words for the things , not merely repeating . |
| 17 | Then slowly Father McGiff raised himself back to a kneeling position and , taking off his spectacles , he made the sign of the cross before closing his eyes in prayer . |
| 18 | Nicklaus took note of Cathy 's instruction , and later gave her the credit when he found himself back to his old form in that week 's skins ' game . |
| 19 | Then he appeared to shake himself back to normality . |
| 20 | True , it seemed a curious way of implanting poison but — He pulled himself back to sanity . |
| 21 | Within days Charlie had lost all the profit he had made in the past year and suddenly found himself back to square one . |
| 22 | himself back to Rank Hovis . |
| 23 | Poor David Lawrence the ball does seem to follow him around whenever he 's bowling as well he , ease himself back to his position now two more to , he moves on to eleven . |
| 24 | Dragging open a curtain to reveal an advancing line of emaciated near-cadavers in filth-caked concentration camp uniforms , he takes you back to Auschwitz . |
| 25 | Some may take you back to the nursery . |
| 26 | ‘ He could have followed you back to her house , could n't he ? ’ |
| 27 | If you are totally fed up , one extra bar of chocolate or cake or any one single luxury item is not going to set you back to square one . |
| 28 | At Home : A good wash and brush will get you back to the groove |
| 29 | If I may refer you back to your note of our meeting on 18 January you recommended a more hardline wording for 15.1 and 15.2 on the main course , which ( given the less-direct competitive nature of the components ) we were willing to go more gently with on the video and Activity Book . |
| 30 | ‘ Get up and behave yourself or Marie will have to take you back to the nursery , ’ their father ordered . |